Little Richard

[sad_eyes]

I am sure you have heard of him. He is a 12 year old weightlifter who can bench up to 210 pounds. What are your opinions on this?

Here is his site created/managed by his mother. Am I the only one who thinks this is disgusting and wrong? I mean its crazy enough that every teenager and adult are weight obsessed today, now kids too?

http://www.richardsandrak.com/

[LadySilver]

I think it's wrong and just plain sad.

[Siamanto]

I think it's wrong and just plain sad.

I agree! "let a woman be a woman and a man be a man" (Prince) and a kid be a kid!

[Crissy]

There was a documentary on him on TV a while back. I was horrified when I first saw it. Unfortunately there are a lot of children who are being pressured by their parents. I believe he stopped training for a few years and has only just got back into it for a movie or something???
It’s sad how parents can do that, they probably don’t know any better as they are both athletes and may have been raised the same way

[One-Way]

That's an ugly child.

[karoaper]

Behold the future governor of Arizona.

I never thought I would envy a child, but he's got a freaking six-pack.

Seriously though, his parents have to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. Some sort of Freudian syndrome is at work here.

Btw, out of the two, I prefer LITTLE RICHARD—the originator, the emancipator, the architect of rock and roll.

[Siamanto]

That's an ugly child.

I wouldn't say that he's ugly, despite the fact that I find muscled man - at least American style - plain unattractive (I'm being polite! ) Personally, I find the long and svelte musculature of (Young??) Africans - Africa not the US - far more elegant, graceful and esthetically pleasing!

[TJ]

What about the long rounded belly muscle of the typical middle aged Armenian man?
No but seriously, I saw the documentary too, it was pretty sick, the kid's dad was apparently put in jail for harrasing him and his mom and there was an investigation as to whether or not he was putting steroids and other crap in these after workout shakes he gave to the kid.

[TomServo]

That's disturbing.

[Anonymouse]

He should be drowned in the lake and let's see how much all that weight training would help him.